Butter dish and package



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A. EDWARDS. BUTTER DISH AND PACKAGE.

Patented Aug, 5,1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes,

BUTTER DISH AND PACKAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,134, dated August 5, 1884.

Application inea Janna-ry 2, 1884; (No man.)

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Be it known that I, ALFRED EDWARns, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined .Butter Dish and Package; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art -to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which forni a part of this specification, and in Which- Fignro l is a longitudinal sectionalview of my combined butter dish and package; and Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of one-half part of the package without its contents, said half forming the butter-dish.

Like letters of referen ce i ndicate cor responding parts in both the figures.

Myinveution contemplates certain improvements in air-tight butter-packages, by which I provide means for testing or sampling the butter Without breaking open the package or otherwise marring its appearance; and I also so construct the package that when broken by the purchaser or consumer it will l'orm two neat and convenient butter dishes or receptacles adapted to be placed on the table," all substantially as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

My improved butter-package consists of two parts, A and A', made exactly alike, and preferably, but not necessarily, cylindrical in shape. They may be ,made of Wood, glass, metal, earthenware, paper, or any other suitable material, glass, however, being preferred, each part having an offset or shoulder, a a', and one or both parts having an opening, I), in its bottom, into which a cork or other suit able removable stopper, B, is inserted. The parts A and A should be of such a size as to contain each, when filled to the rim, a given quantity of butter-say half a pound, one pound, or any other given quantity. The part-s having been filled, say, with halt a pound of buttereach,Which should be pressed in, a piece of paper, muslin, or any other suitable material is cut to the exact size and placed on top of the butter in each of the halves or sections, as shown at P and P', after which these are placed together, as shown in the drawings,and united by cementing a strip, C', of paper or muslin around theylianges c and c of the parts of the package, the strip being Wound a sufficient number of times around said flanges to bring another strip,C, which is Wrapped around the cementing-strip, flush with the sides of the part of the package. Finally, an ornamental label, D, is pasted around the entire package, said label containing directions for opening the package, and quantity of butter contained in each part or section,with such other printed matter as may be appropriate or desirable.

The quality 'of the butter may be tested by a purchaser by removing the stopper B and taking out a small quantity oi' the content-sof.

a package ou the point of a knife or other suitable instrument, after which the stopper is reinserted. lhe package is easily cntin halves by cutting the 'sealing strip or band C at the point where the sections A and A are united, when each part will form a neat and convenient butter-dish containing half a pound of butter or more. 'Th-us it will be seen that all handling ofthe butter is avoided from the time it leaves the packer or Creamery until it is placednpon the table ofthe consumer.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- A package for butter, consisting ot two parts, each adapted to contain a given quan-P tity of butter, the package having a groove around its middle formed by reduced flanges at the meeting edges of each part, united bya band cemented in said groove, covered byian additional strip filling the groove, and one or both of the said parts of the package having an opening at its bottom provided with a stopper, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed my signature- 

